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Your woodworker analogy needs a bit of work 8)

In construction - in the UK - there are first and second fix "chippies". First fix do the big stuff and second fix do everything after the plaster is dry(ish).

There are also cabinet makers and furniture makers, turners and several more wood related trades. Here, woodworker is a synonym for carpenter and carpenter is rarely used as a job title. Generally a specialisation is used.

I happen to own an IT firm and I prefer to see engineering qualifications on CVs (resumes). I'm a rather shabby Civ. Eng myself! I graduated just before the shit hit the fan in the UK in 1991 - recession, >10% unemployment (in Devon and Cornwall) etc. Can't recall what inflation was up to at the time but I think it was worse than now.

... So I ended up in IT



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